One arrested after shot fired in Taylor County

11:30 AM,
Jan. 29, 2014

Timothy R. Phillips

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Timothy R. Phillips, 42, of the Medford area is in custody after a single shot was fired from the window of a home in the town of Medford at about 12:45 p.m. Tuesday.

The Taylor County Sheriff's Department received a report from a caller who said she had confronted a man brandishing a long gun, and the man had refused to put down the weapon. She told police the man entered a residence in the W5300 block Perkins Street and discharged the firearm through a window.

A one-hour standoff ensued. Police made telephone contact with Phillips, who said he would commit "suicide by ...